Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 247 / Thursday, December 27, 2018 / Notices
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of Burden: The public
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.97 hours per
response.
Respondents: Importers, exporters,
processing operators, foreign federal
governments, foreign veterinarians, port
personnel, museums, educational
institutions, transportation operators,
and carrier personnel.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 3,437.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 63.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 216,399.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 427,877 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of
December 2018.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2018–28046 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Foreign Agricultural Service

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Notice of Request for Extension of
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Foreign Agricultural Service
and Commodity Credit Corporation,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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notice announces the Commodity Credit
Corporation’s (CCC) intention to request
an extension from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
currently approved information
collection process in support of the
Technical Assistance for Specialty
Crops (TASC) program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 25, 2019 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
identified by Document Number, by any
of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for sending comments.
• Email: Podadmin@fas.usda.gov.
Include document number in the subject
line of the message.
• Fax: 202–720–9361.
• Mail: 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, Room 6512, Washington, DC 20250.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency names and
document number for this notice. All
comments received will be posted
without change to regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curt
Alt, 202 720–4327, Podadmin@
fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Technical Assistance for
Specialty Crops.
OMB Number: 0551–0038.
Expiration Date of Approval: February
28, 2019.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: This information is needed
to administer CCC’s Technical
Assistance for Specialty Crops program.
The information will be gathered from
applicants desiring to receive grants
under the program to determine the
viability of the request for funds.
Regulations governing the program
appear at 7 CFR part 1487 and are
available on the Foreign Agricultural
Service’s website.
Estimate of Burden: This program is
currently suspended pending the
passage of a new Farm Bill. However, in
case the program is re-authorized by
Congress in the future, the agency
intends to keep the OMB control
number for this program active.
Assuming the program is re-authorized
in substantially its current form, the
agency estimates that the public
reporting burden for the associated
collection of information would average
32 hours per respondent.
Respondents: U.S. government
agencies, State government agencies,

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non-profit trade associations,
universities, agricultural cooperatives,
and private companies.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 32.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,600 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Connie Ehrhart,
the Agency Information Collection
Coordinator, at (202) 690–1578.
Request for Comments: Send
comments regarding the accuracy of the
burden estimate, ways to minimize the
burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
or any other aspect of this collection of
information, to: Director, Program
Operations Division, Foreign
Agricultural Service, Room 6512, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20250. Facsimile submissions may
be sent to (202) 720–9361 and electronic
mail submissions should be addressed
to: podadmin@fas.usda.gov.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: December 18, 2018.
Robert Stephenson,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
Dated: December 17, 2018.
Kenneth Isley,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Final Record of Decisions for the
Flathead National Forest Land
Management Plan and Forest Plan
Amendments for the Kootenai, HelenaLewis and Clark, and Lolo National
Forests
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of plan approval for the
Flathead National Forest and plan
amendments approval for the Kootenai,
Helena-Lewis and Clark, and Lolo
National Forests.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Chip Weber, the Forest
Supervisor for the Flathead National
Forest, Northern Region, signed the
record of decision (ROD) for the
Flathead National Forest Land
Management Plan (Forest Plan). The
responsible officials, William Avey,
Forest Supervisor for the Helena-Lewis
and Clark National Forest; Chad Benson,

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